Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh
…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, […]
Private health sector hopeful Economic Recovery Plan will boost healthcare
NIGERIANS deserve high quality healthcare and the private sector can play a pivotal role in ensuring that such quality is delivered and made accessible.
Nigeria faces disease epidemics as 63m lack access to safe water
THE water problem in Nigeria has reached crisis point. No day passes without stories or news about cases of water borne diseases caused by chronic shortage of safe water making the rounds.
300 benefit from N113m equipment donated by Rotary
EQUIPMENT valued at N113 million for a medical mission aimed at treating 300 Nigerians in Ogun State, was recently donated by Rotary International District 3020 India in partnership with the Rotary International District 910 Nigeria.
Mbaise USA takes free health to rural communities
Scores of the sick in Aboh, Ahiazu and Ezinihitte local council areas of Imo State, have benefited from free healthcare courtesy of Mbaise USA Medical Mission.
Safe sex and contraceptives
In Nigeria, risks of medical complications are greater for girls under 15, because an undeveloped pelvis can lead to difficulties in child birth and this can also lead to obstructed labour. Where medical services are not available, it can lead to obstetric fistula
